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23 January 1871. Browning, Robert to Blagden, Isa.

23 January 1871. Browning, Robert to Blagden, Isa.

19. Warwick Crescent, W.
Jan: 23. ’71.
Dearest Isa,
I have again been waiting in the hope that I should hear from Mr Kirkup and be able to set your mind at rest by the assurance that he was in possession of his papers again. I procured them at last, to my infinite solace, and at once wrote to Mr K. for orders,—whether to send them to Florence, or,—as he requested, when he last wrote to me,—forward them at once to Swinburne (—they are rather bulky for transmission by post, and if their destination is eventually to be London, after all, the double journey might be spared). However, no answer comes to my letter, despatched more than a fortnight ago, and I earnestly hope there is no more serious cause for the delay than the natural one that when

19. Warwick Crescent, W.
Jan: 23. ’71.
Dearest Isa,
I have again been waiting in the hope that I should hear from Mr Kirkup and be able to set your mind at rest by the assurance that he was in possession of his papers again. I procured them at last, to my infinite solace, and at once wrote to Mr K. for orders,—whether to send them to Florence, or,—as he requested, when he last wrote to me,—forward them at once to Swinburne (—they are rather bulky for transmission by post, and if their destination is eventually to be London, after all, the double journey might be spared). However, no answer comes to my letter, despatched more than a fortnight ago, and I earnestly hope there is no more serious cause for the delay than the natural one that when